Side Note: One of my hopes is that some of these articles we post, especially ones deriving from personal time in God’s Word about struggles in our own lives, will help you as you follow Jesus. Just because we live on the so called “mission field” doesn’t mean we have it all together.
Yesterday I was talking on Skype with a friend of ours who lives in South Africa ministering to children. She is also an American and was telling me about the safety and security issues that everyone in South Africa faces on a daily basis.
Author: Steve S. (President)
I’m an American. I began to follow Jesus after hearing the Gospel at a Southern Baptist church in the USA. The first five years of following Jesus was heavily involved in this church. This experience has been great and I’ll never regret it one moment. God used this body of believers to shape my vision for the Great Commission and my unwavering belief that God’s Word is absolutely inerrant and perfect and that everything we believe, if it is the Truth, can be proven by God’s Word, the Bible.
Author: Steve S (President)
As I read the book “Back to Jerusalem”, I’m reminded of the necessity of unity within the Body of Christ. I believe the one tool Satan uses most often to prevent the Gospel from advancing to all nations is “Disunity” within the Body of Christ.
I’ve been guilty of causing disunity with some brothers in my life. I’m guilty of slander, criticism and unforgiveness toward them. Each time I have fallen short of the glory of God and sinned in these ways, Satan has won a battle and just possibly, someone has missed out on hearing the Gospel and this has eternal ramifications. I don’t want to know of someone who entered eternity because my pride and ego got in the way of unity within the Body of Christ.
I recently read through Mark chapters 4-6. These chapters show us the incredible power, authority and sovereignty of God. Jesus is healing the sick and casting out demons and even the demons recognized the authority of Jesus so they trembled.
Today, according to Joshua Project and Finishing the Task, there are 6,900 Unreached People Groups (2.81 billion people with very little to no access to the Gospel) and 635 of them are completely unengaged by anyone with the Gospel.
I’m sure you’re keeping up with the events in Japan so I won’t talk about those details. I do want to discuss what’s happening in East Asia.
Anxiety and fear is high and widespread. Many fear the nuclear problems in Japan may affect us here very soon, although the US Embassy has told us that there is no evidence there is any threat to this nation in the near future.
Last year, after much prayer, we launched our discipleship small groups. Initially, three were established and I am thrilled. We witnessed students surrender their lives to Jesus, get baptized and mature in their faith. But there was one thing missing, a local indigenous partner.
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